Type chase



TYPE CHASE Filed April 23, 1927 Fig. l.

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SHOE Fred A.|DuTnom 7 @,f

2 xn: Anas oxFoRn Usos Patented May 20, 1930 UNITED fvs-T"Ares ,PATENT oFFiCE FRED A. PUTNAM, OE KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSTGNOR To MARx'EM-MACHINE COMPANY, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A OORPORATIONOT1 MASSACHUSETTS TYPE `CHASE Application filed April 23,

5 boxes or for printing the name of the *shoe* and other data directly on thefend of the shoebox.

It iS the common practice in retailbshoe Stores to keep each pair of Shoes in a separate 1o box, each box being marked to indicate ther Style, size and character of the shoe contained therein. Sometimes this data is printed on a label which is pasted on the end of the box and sometimes the data is printed directly I5 on the box end. e y -I ,A machine speciallydesignedfor printing directly on box ends is illustrated in vUnited States Patents No. 1,279,904, September 24th, 1918, and No. 1,390,388, September 13th, 1921. The machines-shownin these patents include a printing couple comprising a platen over Which the` box may be placed With theA end of the box resting againstthe platen *sur-V face and afprinting head carrying the printing elements andi means to move the platen and Y printing head toward andy from each other to make the printed impression directly on the end of the box.. The printing' element shown in the patents islin the Vform of a' 3o type chase carrying type members Whichare locked in a frame so thaty no change inthe character ofthe printed matter canbe'made Without removing the type chase from the" printing head and then resetting .the type. Such a machine is Well adapted for `printing on the end of the shoe boxes the name of the shoe and the manufacturers name or someY other similar data whichl goes fon all. shoe y t 0 1 *patentsandf Which 1s adaptedk to'y have ay box boxes. f b v4.

l The shoe boxes which areused iniaretail store, however, not only have printed thereon the name :of the Shoe andthe name of the manufacturer, etc. but eachV box has Some special Adata printed thereon descriptive of 1 45 lthe particular -pairof shoes in theboxf` ,'Such variable data issometimes vvritten on the box by hand. A

r is to provide a noveltype chase by which both One of the objects of my present. invention 1927. Serial No. 185,987.

of the shoe, case number, `stock number, etc.

and the non-variabledata, such as the name of the shoeand the name of the manufacturer, etc. can beV printed on the box end'at one operation.

The type chase is so be described after Which the novel features Will be pointed out in the appended claims. Fig. l is a -vievv of atype chase embodying myinvention; i e. y l

Fig. 2 isa fragmentary sectional vienT showing the printing couple of a machinel such as shown in thel abovelnentioned Patents No. 1,27 9,904 andNo. 1,390,388 Withmy improved .type Chase therein.'

Fig. 3 isan enlarged :section .o n the `line S-3Fig.1; :V ,v r 4F ig. 4j is a similar Section but showing the lockingmember in released position;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the interchangeable type elements;

6 is an enlarged section on the line Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective "view of the end of a box on which aprinted impressionhas been made in 'accordance with this invention.' i

Referring first vto Fig. y 2, 1 indicates a platen suchuas shown: in the above-mentioned 2 placed thereover. with the end 3 yofthe box resting against the platen surfacethiabeing therend on which thel 4printed impression is to be made. `4 indicates Vavprinting head which carries a type chase7 -in whichj is receiveda Aprinting bloclr or Vprinting members 6 by whichV the printedimpression is Theprintingcouple, comprising the platen 1 and printing head2, are Shown'lin 4Fig. 2

in the position they "occupy when making the constructed thatl thel Vtype members by Which the variable data is printed impression, it being understood that these elements 1 and 4 are movable toward and from each other as usual with printing couples.

The type chase With which the present invention is concerned comprises the usual skeleton make-up frame 7 adapted to receive type members which may be separate type or a block 8 bearing type characters, the type member or members heilig locked in the frame 1 by quoins 9 in usual manner.

The parts thus far described are or may be all as usual in printing machines.

According to the present invention one side of the frame 7 is so constructed that separate interchangeable type elements 10 may be set or placed thereon or removed therefrom While the frame is held in the print ing head, such type elements when in place being positioned properly tomake a printed impression on the box end 3 simultaneously With the type which is located in the frame. These interchangeable type elements 10 may bear type characters representing figures, letters or Words and they are so mounted on the side ot the frame that they can be easily changed to produce diilerent printed impressions Without removing the type chase from the printing head.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the side 11 of the frame 7 is formed with a type-holding rib 12 on which the interchangeable type elements 10 are mounted.

EachA type element 10 is formed with the slot 13 and it is provided on its face 14 with a type character 15, said face 14 being so situated that when the type member is mounted on the rib 12 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the type character 15 occupies the same plane as the type characters 6. Y

To facilitate the handling of the inter changeable type members 10 each is provided with an upstanding extension or finger piece 16 b v which it may be manipulated. The

. type membersare locked on the typeholding rib 12 by means of a locking bar 17 Which is pivoted to the side 11 of the frame as shown at 18, said locking bar having at its upper edge a lip 19 adapted to overlie the shoulder 20 of each type element 10. This locking bar is provided with a handle 21 by which it may be swung from its operative position shown in Fig. 3 to its inoperative position shown in Fig. 4. Then in its inoperative position the type members are all released and can be readily removed from the rib 12 and thus any desired change in the type members may be made.

Associated with the type members 10 are spacers 22 which are adapted to be clamped to the rib 12 by set screws 23 and which may be usedto provide the required spacing betWeen-vvords and groups ofv numerals and also to hold the type members in desired position. These spacers are simply U- shaped members adapted to fit over the rib 12 and carrying the set screws 23 to bind against the rib.

The type members 10 may each have thereon a type character representing a single letter or figure. Some type members may have thereon a series of type characters to print a Word, such for instance as Oxford7 or Kid. In the set up shown in the drawings there is one group of type members 10 arranged to print 905712 and another single type member having type characters thereon to print the Word Oxtord; another group of type members 10 adapted to print 328A; another type member 10 having the type character thereon ada ted to print the Word Kid7 and a type c aracter adapted to print the figure 2. The groups of type members and the type members representing words are separated by suitable separat-ors 22.

In printing on the end of a box Where the box is turned bottom side up over the platen as shown in Fig. 2 the printing characters Will have to be inverted in order that the printed impression may be upright when the box is in its normal position. With the construction herein shoWn wherein the upper side 11 of the frame 7 carries the type members 10 the printed impression made by the type members 10 will be located on the box below that made by the printing block 8, and thus the data representing the style. size, case number and character of a shoe is on a line at the bottom of the box which is in accordance with the best practice.

Vith this construction the type members 10 can be easily and quickly set up on any type chase to print any desired data on the box Without removinv the type chase from the printing head 4. Vlien a change in the printed impression made by the type members 10 is desired the locking member 17 can be swung into its inoperative position shown in Fig. 4 and the type members 10 Which are to be changed can be readily removed and replaced by different ones, this change requiring only a very small space of time. When the change has been effected the type members 10 are relocked in position by swinging the locking bar 17 back into the position shown in Fig. 3.

The invention is very simple in construc tion but makes it possible to print atone operation both the unvarying dat-a, such as the t-rade name of the shoe and the manufacturers name, etc., and also the variable data. such as the case number, style, size, stick number, etc. Further the invention is such. that this variable data can be printed at the lower portion of the side of the box beneath the main printed impression according to the best practice. Y

I claim:

1. A type holder comprising a type-holding frame having an exterior type-holding Cil rib, type members each having a forked body portion to fit overV the rib, and a locking bar pivoted to the frame to turn about an axis parallel to the rib and when in operative position engaging the type members and locking them to the rib.

2. A type holder comprising atype-hold ing frame having an exterior rib, interchangeable type members each having a forked body portion to fit the rib and also each provided With a shoulder and a locking bar pivoted to the frame and adapted to enrib, a shoulder and an extension constituting a finger piece by Which the type member can be handled, and a locking bar pivoted to the frame and adapted to engage the shoulders of the type members and lock them in position on the rib.

Y 5. A type holder comprising a skeleton make-up frame adapted .to hold ordinary type Within it7 said frame having a rib extending along one side thereof on its exterior, type members straddlingsaid rib and having printing faces which are in the plane of the printing faces of the type Within the frame, and a locking member pivoted to the frame to turn about an axis parallel to the rib and when in operative position locking the type members on the rib.

6. A type holder comprising a skeleton makeup frame having an open center in which ordinary type may be placed with their printing faces exposed on one'y side of the frame and their opposite faces exposed on the other Side, said frame having on its exterior means for removably holding separate type elements with their printing faces in the plane of the printing faces of the type situated within the frame.

v7. A typeV holder comprising' a skeleton make-up frame having an open center in Vwhich ordinary type may be placed With their printing faces exposed on one side of said frame and their opposite faces exposed on the other side thereof, said frame having a typeholding rib on its exterior, interchangeable type members straddling said rib and removably retained thereon, and means to lock the interchangeable type members to the rib.

In testimony whereof, I lhave signed my name to this specification. l

FRED A. PUTNAM. 

